classical music: Peter Mattei

classical music: Peter Mattei

classical music:

Peter Mattei

Stenhammar: Symphonies/Piano Concertos, etc.

Peter Mattei, Wilhelm Stenhammar, ...

Bis, 1994

Essential Stenhammar
These CDs are Järvi's second recordings of most of the orchestral music of Stenhammar. And they are marginally better than the earlier performances. Stenhammar is unjustly neglected outside Sweden and that's a shame. He's a major composer, perhaps the best ever from ...

Mahler: The Symphonies

Peter Mattei, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, ...

Decca, 2005

An Emotionally Riveting, Fine Mahler Symphony Cycle From Chailly, etc.
Much to the surprise of music critics and fans, Riccardo Chailly has emerged as one of our most prominent conductors of late 19th Century classical music, especially of Mahler's symphonies. Here in New York City, there is still ample praise for his spellbinding ...

Mahler 8

Peter Mattei, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, ...

Decca Import, 2001

Another fine recording
I have to say when I first listened to this recording and I heard Ben Heppner sing Dr. Marianus in the 2nd half I experienced what I could only call a state of Ecstasy or perhaps the Sublime, chills running up the spine to the Sahasrara at the top of my head. Wow! ...

Grieg: Peer Gynt

Peter Mattei, Edvard Grieg, ...

Virgin Classics, 2005

Hauntingly Beautiful
Conductor Paavo Jarvi does a masterful job of leading the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra plays with great emotion and precision creating an exciting and almost hypnotic effect. Although Beecham's version is very good, his Peer Gynt does not come ...

Mahler 8 [DVD Audio]

Peter Mattei, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, ...

Decca, 2003

THE MOST SPECTULAR EIGHTH
I now own 10 versions of the 8th , and without doubt, this is the most exciting version to date. Not only because that C Major is used more in this performance then in any other performance I have yet to listen to. The Organ is so important to this symphony and yet , ...

Mozart - Don Giovanni

Peter Mattei, Gilles Cachemaille

Bel Air Classiques, 2007

An amazing performance
Since the memorable Giulini's version recorded in 1961, I had never heard a so well balanced production of Mozart's best opera. The title role is wonderfully performed by the acclaimed Swedish baritone Peter Mattei, who has revealed as one of the best gifted Dons in ...

Mozart - Don Giovanni / Mattei, Cachemaille, Remigio, Gens, Padmore, Larsson, Fechner, Oskarsson; Harding

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Mattei, ...

Angel Records, 2000

Exceedingly fresh
This is a superb recording, taken from an exciting live performance that I would have loved to attend. It's a totally unconventional approach -- superfast tempos, mostly young, up-and-coming performers, and (based on the cover photo) a non-traditional, minimalist ...

Eugene Onegin (Wiener Philharmoniker)

Ryland Davies, Ferruccio Furlanetto

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

underrated
I think that the Met DVD of this opera is slightly overrated and this Salzburg production is underrated. Neither one of the two is an exemplar of orchestral precision, and neither one of them has an entirely convincing production, but the Salzburg version at least has ...

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Hector Berlioz, Sir Colin Davis, ...

Lso Live, 2002

Best ever
'Les Grecs ont disparu' !! Have you ever heard a singer opening her performance like Petra Lang does it in this recording ? And this superbe quality maintains during the 4 hours of this magnificent opera. When I bought this album, I didn't knew Les Troyens at all, ...

Sibelius: Kullervo

Peter Mattei, Jean Sibelius, ...

Lso Live UK, 2006

YOUNG MAN'S DOOM
This issue is from this very year 2006, the year in which that celebrated exponent of Sibelius Sir Colin Davis attains his 79th birthday. Sibelius himself was 26 when he wrote Kullervo, so this is an elderly man's interpretation of a young man's music. However I don't ...

Opera New Generation: Greatest Duets
François Le Roux, Gino Quilico, ...

Virgin Classics, 2008

Sibelius: Kullervo [Hybrid SACD]

Peter Mattei, Jean Sibelius, ...

Lso Live UK, 2006

Sibelius's Symphony No.0 ?
<< If you thought Anton Bruckner was the only one who wrote a zeroeth symphony, you're wrong. Jean Sibelius just did that, in the form of his (actually unnumbered) Kullervo Symphony, Op.7, a gigantic work in five movements for two soloists, chorus and orchestra >> ...

Wilhelm Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 1; Two Sentimental Romances; Florez and Blanzeflor
Peter Mattei, Wilhelm Stenhammar, ...

Bis, 1993

Berlioz: Edition du bicentenaire

Laurent Naouri, Leigh Melrose, ...

Lso Live UK, 2003

A Good Listen.
This is an Amazing recording. However, if you're like me, the first thing you do is rush right to the fourth or fifth movement of the Symphony Fantastique. Or, you may rush to the best parts of the Damnation of Faust, etc. That is not the way to enjoy these ...

Orff: Carmina Burana (Chamber Version)

Carl Orff, Cecilia Rydinger Alin, ...

Bis, 1995

The Most Exciting Carmina Burana of its Kind
The chamber version of the well-known, often performed 'Carmina Burana' is in many ways even more exciting and visceral than the big, full orchestral version. Carl Orff's orchestration for the more popular version is primarily a percussive nature and so it seems only ...